diff --git a/src/mami.css/input.css b/src/mami.css/input.css
index f68d0bb..a16d8da 100644
--- a/src/mami.css/input.css
+++ b/src/mami.css/input.css
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 .input__main {
     display: flex;
-    height: 40px;
-    max-height: 140px;
 }
 
 .input__text {
     flex-grow: 1;
+    height: 40px;
+    max-height: 140px;
     resize: none;
 }
 
@@ -32,37 +32,15 @@
     cursor: pointer
 }
 
-.input__button:before {
-    font-family: "Font Awesome 5 Free";
-    font-weight: 900
-}
-
-.input__button--markup:before {
-    content: "\f121"
-}
-
-.input__button--emotes:before {
-    content: "\f118"
-}
-
-.input__button--upload:before {
-    content: "\f574"
-}
-
-.input__button--send:before {
-    content: "\f1d8"
-}
-
 .input__menus {
-    max-height: 100px;
-    overflow: auto
 }
 
 .input__menu {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+    gap: 2px;
+    padding: 2px;
+}
+.input__menu:empty {
     display: none;
-    padding: 1px
-}
-
-.input__menu--active {
-    display: block
 }
diff --git a/src/mami.css/main.css b/src/mami.css/main.css
index 7a9ee02..b211d3e 100644
--- a/src/mami.css/main.css
+++ b/src/mami.css/main.css
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ a:hover {
 
 .hidden {
     display: none !important;
+    visibility: none !important;
 }
 
 .sjis {
diff --git a/src/mami.css/markup.css b/src/mami.css/markup.css
index 6a3596f..0301564 100644
--- a/src/mami.css/markup.css
+++ b/src/mami.css/markup.css
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 .markup__button {
     border: 0;
     background: transparent;
-    font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+    font-family: inherit;
     cursor: pointer;
     padding: 4px 8px;
-    margin: 2px;
-    transition: background .1s
+    transition: background .1s;
+    min-width: 26px;
+    text-align: center;
 }
 
 .markup__link {
     color: #1e90ff;
-    text-decoration: none
+    text-decoration: none;
 }
 
 .markup__link:hover,
 .markup__link:focus {
-    text-decoration: underline
+    text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
 .chat:not(.mami-do-not-mark-links-as-visited) .markup__link--visited,
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chatform/form.jsx b/src/mami.js/chatform/form.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7660ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mami.js/chatform/form.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include chatform/input.jsx
+#include chatform/markup.jsx
+
+const MamiChatForm = function(eventTarget) {
+    const input = new MamiChatFormInput(eventTarget);
+    const markup = new MamiChatFormMarkup;
+
+    const html = <form class="input" onsubmit={ev => {
+        ev.preventDefault();
+
+        const text = input.text;
+        input.text = '';
+        input.updateGrowHeight();
+
+        eventTarget.dispatch('send', { text: text });
+    }}>
+        {markup}
+        {input}
+    </form>;
+
+    return {
+        get element() { return html; },
+        get markup() { return markup; },
+        get input() { return input; },
+
+        focus: () => {
+            input.focus();
+        },
+    };
+};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chatform/input.jsx b/src/mami.js/chatform/input.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2fdf86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mami.js/chatform/input.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+#include emotes.js
+#include users.js
+
+const MamiChatFormInput = function(eventTarget) {
+    const textElem = <textarea class="input__text" name="text" autofocus="autofocus"/>;
+    let submitButton;
+
+    const html = <div class="input__main">
+        {textElem}
+    </div>;
+
+    const createButton = (info, submit) => {
+        const button = <button class="input__button" title={info.title}>
+            <i class={info.icon} />
+        </button>;
+
+        if(submit) {
+            button.type = 'submit';
+            button.classList.add('input__button--send');
+        } else {
+            button.type = 'button';
+            button.onclick = ev => { info.onclick(ev, button, info); };
+        }
+
+        html.insertBefore(button, submitButton);
+        if(submit)
+            submitButton = button;
+    };
+
+    createButton({
+        title: 'Send',
+        icon: 'fas fa-paper-plane',
+    }, true);
+
+    let growInputField = false;
+    let growLastHeight, growBaseHeight;
+    const updateGrowHeight = () => {
+        if(growBaseHeight === undefined)
+            growBaseHeight = textElem.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+
+        let height = growBaseHeight;
+        if(growInputField && textElem.scrollHeight > textElem.clientHeight)
+            height = textElem.scrollHeight;
+
+        textElem.style.height = height > growBaseHeight ? `${height}px` : null;
+        height = textElem.getBoundingClientRect().height;
+
+        if(growLastHeight !== height) {
+            growLastHeight = height;
+            eventTarget.dispatch('resize', {
+                height: height,
+                baseHeight: growBaseHeight,
+                diffHeight: height - growBaseHeight,
+            });
+        }
+    };
+
+    textElem.addEventListener('keyup', () => { updateGrowHeight(); });
+
+    let newLineOnEnter = false;
+    textElem.addEventListener('keydown', ev => {
+        if(ev.key === 'Tab' && !ev.shiftKey && !ev.ctrlKey) {
+            ev.preventDefault();
+
+            const text = textElem.value;
+            if(text.length < 1)
+                return;
+
+            const start = textElem.selectionStart;
+            let position = start;
+            let snippet = '';
+            while(position >= 0 && text.charAt(position - 1) !== ' ' && text.charAt(position - 1) !== "\n") {
+                --position;
+                snippet = text.charAt(position) + snippet;
+            }
+
+            let insertText;
+
+            if(snippet.indexOf(':') === 0) {
+                let emoteRank = 0;
+                if(Umi.User.hasCurrentUser())
+                    emoteRank = Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.rank;
+                const emotes = MamiEmotes.findByName(emoteRank, snippet.substring(1), true);
+                if(emotes.length > 0)
+                    insertText = `:${emotes[0]}:`;
+            } else {
+                const users = Umi.Users.Find(snippet);
+                if(users.length === 1)
+                    insertText = users[0].name;
+            }
+
+            if(insertText !== undefined) {
+                const nextPos = start - snippet.length + insertText.length;
+                textElem.value = text.slice(0, start - snippet.length) + insertText + text.slice(start);
+                textElem.selectionEnd = textElem.selectionStart = nextPos;
+            }
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if(ev.key === 'Enter' && ev.shiftKey === newLineOnEnter) {
+            ev.preventDefault();
+            textElem.form.requestSubmit();
+            return;
+        }
+    });
+
+    textElem.addEventListener('paste', ev => {
+        if(ev.clipboardData?.files.length > 0)
+            eventTarget.dispatch('upload', { files: ev.clipboardData.files });
+    });
+
+    return {
+        get element() { return html; },
+
+        get text() { return textElem.value; },
+        set text(value) {
+            textElem.value = value;
+        },
+
+        get newLineOnEnter() { return newLineOnEnter; },
+        set newLineOnEnter(value) {
+            newLineOnEnter = !!value;
+        },
+
+        get growInputField() { return growInputField; },
+        set growInputField(value) {
+            growInputField = !!value;
+        },
+
+        createButton: info => createButton(info),
+        updateGrowHeight: updateGrowHeight,
+
+        setText: text => { // this one also focusses!!
+            if(typeof text !== 'string')
+                throw 'text must be string';
+
+            textElem.value = text;
+            textElem.focus();
+        },
+        insertAtCursor: text => {
+            if(typeof text !== 'string')
+                throw 'text must be string';
+
+            const value = textElem.value;
+            let start = textElem.selectionStart;
+            let end = textElem.selectionEnd;
+
+            textElem.value = value.slice(0, start) + text + value.slice(end);
+            textElem.selectionEnd = textElem.selectionStart = start + text.length;
+            textElem.focus();
+        },
+        insertAroundSelection: (before = '', after = '') => {
+            if(typeof before !== 'string')
+                throw 'before must be string';
+            if(typeof after !== 'string')
+                throw 'after must be string';
+
+            const start = textElem.selectionStart;
+            const end = textElem.selectionEnd;
+            const length = end - start;
+            const value = textElem.value;
+
+            textElem.value = value.slice(0, start) + before + value.slice(start, end) + after + value.slice(end);
+            textElem.selectionStart = start + before.length;
+            textElem.selectionEnd = end + before.length;
+            textElem.focus();
+        },
+
+        focus: () => {
+            textElem.focus();
+        },
+    };
+};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chatform/markup.jsx b/src/mami.js/chatform/markup.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3ce607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mami.js/chatform/markup.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const MamiChatFormMarkup = function(input) {
+    const buttons = <div class="input__menu"/>;
+    const html = <div class="input__menus">{buttons}</div>;
+
+    const createButton = info => {
+        buttons.appendChild(<button class="markup__button" type="button" style={info.style} onclick={ev => { info.onclick(ev, info); }}>{info.title}</button>);
+    };
+
+    return {
+        get element() { return html; },
+
+        get visible() { return !html.classList.contains('hidden'); },
+        set visible(state) { html.classList.toggle('hidden', !state); },
+
+        get height() { return html.getBoundingClientRect().height; },
+
+        createButton: createButton,
+    };
+};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/colpick/picker.jsx b/src/mami.js/colpick/picker.jsx
index 4deb4d3..1da2d23 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/colpick/picker.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/colpick/picker.jsx
@@ -170,12 +170,15 @@ const MamiColourPicker = function(options) {
         dialog: pos => {
             html.classList.remove('hidden');
 
-            if(pos instanceof MouseEvent) {
-                const ev = pos;
+            if(pos instanceof MouseEvent)
+                pos = pos.target;
+            if(pos instanceof Element)
+                pos = pos.getBoundingClientRect();
+            if(pos instanceof DOMRect) {
+                const bbb = pos;
                 pos = {};
 
                 const mbb = html.getBoundingClientRect();
-                const bbb = ev.target.getBoundingClientRect();
                 const pbb = html.parentNode.getBoundingClientRect();
 
                 pos.left = bbb.left;
diff --git a/src/mami.js/emotes/picker.jsx b/src/mami.js/emotes/picker.jsx
index 201a76d..2b1ffac 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/emotes/picker.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/emotes/picker.jsx
@@ -116,12 +116,15 @@ const MamiEmotePicker = function(args) {
 
             html.classList.remove('hidden');
 
-            if(pos instanceof MouseEvent) {
-                const ev = pos;
+            if(pos instanceof MouseEvent)
+                pos = pos.target;
+            if(pos instanceof Element)
+                pos = pos.getBoundingClientRect();
+            if(pos instanceof DOMRect) {
+                const bbb = pos;
                 pos = {};
 
                 const mbb = html.getBoundingClientRect();
-                const bbb = ev.target.getBoundingClientRect();
                 const pbb = html.parentNode.getBoundingClientRect();
 
                 pos.right = pbb.width - bbb.left;
diff --git a/src/mami.js/main.js b/src/mami.js/main.js
index 13c458b..9633087 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/main.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/main.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ window.Umi = { UI: {} };
 #include events.js
 #include mobile.js
 #include mszauth.js
+#include parsing.js
 #include themes.js
 #include txtrigs.js
 #include uniqstr.js
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ window.Umi = { UI: {} };
 #include weeb.js
 #include worker.js
 #include audio/autoplay.js
+#include chatform/form.jsx
+#include colpick/picker.jsx
 #include controls/msgbox.jsx
 #include controls/ping.jsx
 #include controls/views.js
@@ -46,11 +49,7 @@ window.Umi = { UI: {} };
 #include sound/sndtest.jsx
 #include ui/chat-layout.js
 #include ui/emotes.js
-#include ui/hooks.js
-#include ui/input-menus.js
 #include ui/loading-overlay.jsx
-#include ui/markup.js
-#include ui/view.js
 
 const MamiInit = async args => {
     args = MamiArgs('args', args, define => {
@@ -152,6 +151,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
     settings.define('newLineOnEnter').default(false).create();
     settings.define('keepEmotePickerOpen').default(true).create();
     settings.define('doNotMarkLinksAsVisited').default(false).create();
+    settings.define('showMarkupSelector').type(['always', 'focus', 'never']).default('always').create();
 
     const noNotifSupport = !('Notification' in window);
     settings.define('enableNotifications').default(false).immutable(noNotifSupport).critical().create();
@@ -287,10 +287,56 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
         },
     });
 
-    const layout = new Umi.UI.ChatLayout(sidebar);
+
+    const chatForm = new MamiChatForm(ctx.events.scopeTo('form'));
+
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', ev => {
+        if((ev.ctrlKey && ev.key !== 'v') || ev.altKey)
+            return;
+
+        if(!ev.target.matches('input, textarea, select, button'))
+            chatForm.focus();
+    });
+
+    settings.watch('showMarkupSelector', ev => {
+        chatForm.markup.visible = ev.detail.value !== 'never';
+        Umi.UI.Messages.ScrollIfNeeded(chatForm.markup.height);
+    });
+
+    let colourPicker, colourPickerVisible = false;
+    for(const bbCode of UmiBBCodes)
+        if(bbCode.text !== undefined)
+            chatForm.markup.createButton({
+                title: bbCode.text,
+                style: bbCode.style,
+                onclick: ev => {
+                    if(bbCode.tag === 'color') {
+                        if(colourPicker === undefined) {
+                            colourPicker = new MamiColourPicker({ presets: futami.get('colours') });
+                            layout.getElement().appendChild(colourPicker.element);
+                        }
+
+                        if(colourPickerVisible) {
+                            colourPicker.close();
+                        } else {
+                            colourPickerVisible = true;
+                            colourPicker.dialog(ev)
+                                .then(colour => { chatForm.input.insertAroundSelection(`[${bbCode.tag}=${MamiColour.hex(colour)}]`, `[/${bbCode.tag}]`) })
+                                .catch(() => {}) // noop so the console stops screaming
+                                .finally(() => colourPickerVisible = false);
+                        }
+                    } else
+                        chatForm.input.insertAroundSelection(`[${bbCode.tag}${(bbCode.arg ? '=' : '')}]`, `[/${bbCode.tag}]`);
+                },
+            });
+
+
+    const layout = new Umi.UI.ChatLayout(chatForm, sidebar);
     await ctx.views.unshift(layout);
 
-    Umi.UI.Hooks.AddHooks();
+    ctx.events.watch('form:resize', ev => {
+        Umi.UI.Messages.ScrollIfNeeded(ev.detail.diffHeight);
+    });
 
     settings.watch('style', ev => {
         for(const className of layout.getElement().classList)
@@ -306,6 +352,8 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
     });
     settings.watch('preventOverflow', ev => { args.parent.classList.toggle('prevent-overflow', ev.detail.value); });
     settings.watch('doNotMarkLinksAsVisited', ev => { layout.getInterface().getMessageList().getElement().classList.toggle('mami-do-not-mark-links-as-visited', ev.detail.value); });
+    settings.watch('newLineOnEnter', ev => { chatForm.input.newLineOnEnter = ev.detail.value; });
+    settings.watch('expandTextBox', ev => { chatForm.input.growInputField = ev.detail.value; });
 
     settings.watch('minecraft', ev => {
         if(ev.detail.initial && ev.detail.value === 'no')
@@ -363,7 +411,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
     loadingOverlay.message = 'Building menus...';
 
     MamiCompat('Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedStub', { value: () => {} }); // intentionally a no-op
-    MamiCompat('Umi.UI.View.SetText', { value: text => console.log(`Umi.UI.View.SetText(text: ${text})`) });
+    MamiCompat('Umi.UI.View.SetText', { value: text => { chatForm.input.setText(text); } });
 
     const sbUsers = new MamiSidebarPanelUsers;
     sidebar.createPanel(sbUsers);
@@ -377,13 +425,13 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
         name: 'action',
         text: 'Describe action',
         condition: entry => Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.id === entry.id,
-        onclick: entry => { Umi.UI.View.SetText('/me '); },
+        onclick: entry => { chatForm.input.setText('/me '); },
     });
     sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'nick',
         text: 'Set nickname',
         condition: entry => Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.id === entry.id && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.canSetNick,
-        onclick: entry => { Umi.UI.View.SetText('/nick '); },
+        onclick: entry => { chatForm.input.setText('/nick '); },
     });
     sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'bans',
@@ -415,13 +463,13 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
         name: 'dm',
         text: 'Send direct message',
         condition: entry => Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.id !== entry.id,
-        onclick: entry => { Umi.UI.View.SetText(`/msg ${entry.name} `); },
+        onclick: entry => { chatForm.input.setText(`/msg ${entry.name} `); },
     });
     sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'kick',
         text: 'Kick from chat',
         condition: entry => Umi.User.hasCurrentUser() && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().id !== entry.id && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.canKick,
-        onclick: entry => { Umi.UI.View.SetText(`/kick ${entry.name} `); },
+        onclick: entry => { chatForm.input.setText(`/kick ${entry.name} `); },
     });
     sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'ipaddr',
@@ -462,6 +510,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
         category.setting('autoEmbedPlay').title('Auto-play embedded media').done();
         category.setting('keepEmotePickerOpen').title('Keep emoticon picker open').done();
         category.setting('newLineOnEnter').title('Swap Enter and Shift+Enter behaviour').done();
+        category.setting('showMarkupSelector').title('Show markup buttons').type('checkbox').on('always').off('never').done();
     });
     sbSettings.category(category => {
         category.header('Notifications');
@@ -660,36 +709,35 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
     const sbActPing = new MamiSidebarActionPing(pingIndicator, ctx.msgbox);
     sidebar.createAction(sbActPing);
 
-    Umi.UI.InputMenus.Add('markup');
-    Umi.UI.Markup.SetPickerTarget(layout.getElement());
 
     let emotePicker, emotePickerVisible = false;
-    Umi.UI.InputMenus.AddButton('emotes', 'Emoticons', ev => {
-        if(emotePicker === undefined) {
-            emotePicker = new MamiEmotePicker({
-                onClose: () => { emotePickerVisible = false; },
-                onPick: emote => {
-                    const emoteStr = `:${emote.strings[0]}:`;
-                    Umi.UI.View.EnterAtCursor(emoteStr);
-                    Umi.UI.View.SetPosition(Umi.UI.View.GetPosition() + emoteStr.length);
-                    Umi.UI.View.SetPosition(Umi.UI.View.GetPosition(), true);
-                    Umi.UI.View.Focus();
-                },
-                getEmotes: () => MamiEmotes.all(Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.rank),
-                setKeepOpenOnPick: value => { settings.set('keepEmotePickerOpen', value); },
-            });
-            layout.getElement().appendChild(emotePicker.element);
-            settings.watch('keepEmotePickerOpen', ev => { emotePicker.keepOpenOnPick = ev.detail.value; });
-        }
+    chatForm.input.createButton({
+        title: 'Emoticons',
+        icon: 'fas fa-smile',
+        onclick: (ev, button) => {
+            if(emotePicker === undefined) {
+                emotePicker = new MamiEmotePicker({
+                    onClose: () => { emotePickerVisible = false; },
+                    onPick: emote => {
+                        chatForm.input.insertAtCursor(`:${emote.strings[0]}:`);
+                    },
+                    getEmotes: () => MamiEmotes.all(Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.rank),
+                    setKeepOpenOnPick: value => { settings.set('keepEmotePickerOpen', value); },
+                });
+                layout.getElement().appendChild(emotePicker.element);
+                settings.watch('keepEmotePickerOpen', ev => { emotePicker.keepOpenOnPick = ev.detail.value; });
+            }
 
-        if(emotePickerVisible) {
-            emotePicker.close();
-        } else {
-            emotePickerVisible = true;
-            emotePicker.dialog(ev);
-        }
+            if(emotePickerVisible) {
+                emotePicker.close();
+            } else {
+                emotePickerVisible = true;
+                emotePicker.dialog(button);
+            }
+        },
     });
 
+
     let doUpload;
     ctx.eeprom = new MamiEEPROM(futami.get('eeprom2'), MamiMisuzuAuth.getLine);
     ctx.eeprom.init()
@@ -718,7 +766,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
                     } else
                         text = location.protocol + upload.url;
 
-                    Umi.UI.Markup.InsertRaw(text, '')
+                    chatForm.input.insertAtCursor(text);
                 },
             });
             sbUploads.addOption({
@@ -784,13 +832,17 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
             });
             args.parent.appendChild(uploadForm);
 
-            Umi.UI.InputMenus.AddButton('upload', 'Upload', () => uploadForm.click(), 'markup');
+            chatForm.input.createButton({
+                title: 'Upload',
+                icon: 'fas fa-file-upload',
+                onclick: () => { uploadForm.click(); },
+            });
 
-            $i('umi-msg-text').onpaste = ev => {
-                if(ev.clipboardData && ev.clipboardData.files.length > 0)
-                    for(const file of ev.clipboardData.files)
-                        doUpload(file);
-            };
+            ctx.events.watch('form:upload', ev => {
+                console.info(ev);
+                for(const file of ev.detail.files)
+                    doUpload(file);
+            });
         });
 
     // figure out how to display a UI for this someday
@@ -860,6 +912,10 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
     const conMan = new MamiConnectionManager(sockChat, settings, futami.get('servers'), ctx.events.scopeTo('conn'));
     ctx.conMan = conMan;
 
+    ctx.events.watch('form:send', ev => {
+        sockChat.client.sendMessage(ev.detail.text);
+    });
+
     sbChannels.onClickEntry = async info => {
         await sockChat.client.switchChannel(info);
 
diff --git a/src/mami.js/parsing.js b/src/mami.js/parsing.js
index 688f574..014dc86 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/parsing.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/parsing.js
@@ -1,91 +1,93 @@
 #include utility.js
-#include ui/markup.js
 
 if(!Umi.Parser) Umi.Parser = {};
 if(!Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode) Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode = {};
 
-Umi.Parsing = (function() {
-    const bbCodes = [
-        {
-            tag: 'b',
-            replace: '<b>{0}</b>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'i',
-            replace: '<i>{0}</i>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'u',
-            replace: '<u>{0}</u>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 's',
-            replace: '<del>{0}</del>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'quote',
-            replace: '<q style="font-variant: small-caps;">{0}</q>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'code',
-            replace: '<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: monospace;">{0}</span>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'sjis',
-            replace: '<span class="sjis" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">{0}</span>',
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'color',
-            hasArg: true,
-            stripArg: ';:{}<>&|\\/~\'"',
-            replace: '<span style="color:{0};">{1}</span>',
-            isToggle: true,
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'img',
-            stripText: '"\'',
-            replace: '<span title="{0}"><span title="link"><a class="markup__link" href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">{0}</a></span>&nbsp;[<a href="#" onclick="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedImage(this);return false;" class="markup__link">Embed</a>]</span>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'url',
-            stripText: '"\'',
-            replace: '<a href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="markup__link">{0}</a>',
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'url',
-            hasArg: true,
-            stripArg: '"\'',
-            replace: '<a href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="markup__link">{1}</a>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'video',
-            stripText: '"\'',
-            replace: '<span title="{0}"><span title="link"><a class="markup__link" href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">{0}</a></span>&nbsp;[<a href="#" onclick="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedVideo(this);return false;" class="markup__link">Embed</a>]</span>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'audio',
-            stripText: '"\'',
-            replace: '<span title="{0}"><span title="link"><a class="markup__link" href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">{0}</a></span>&nbsp;[<a href="#" onclick="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedAudio(this);return false;" class="markup__link">Embed</a>]</span>',
-            button: true,
-        },
-        {
-            tag: 'spoiler',
-            stripText: '"\'',
-            replace: '<span data-shit="{0}"><span>*** HIDDEN ***</span>&nbsp;[<a href="#" onclick="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.ToggleSpoiler(this);return false;" class="markup__link">Reveal</a>]</span>',
-            button: true,
-        }
-    ];
+const UmiBBCodes = [
+    {
+        tag: 'b',
+        text: 'B',
+        style: 'font-weight: 700',
+        replace: '<b>{0}</b>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'i',
+        text: 'I',
+        style: 'font-style: italic',
+        replace: '<i>{0}</i>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'u',
+        text: 'U',
+        style: 'text-decoration: underline',
+        replace: '<u>{0}</u>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 's',
+        text: 'S',
+        style: 'text-decoration: line-through',
+        replace: '<del>{0}</del>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'quote',
+        text: 'Quote',
+        replace: '<q style="font-variant: small-caps;">{0}</q>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'code',
+        text: 'Code',
+        replace: '<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: monospace;">{0}</span>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'sjis',
+        replace: '<span class="sjis" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">{0}</span>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'color',
+        text: 'Colour',
+        hasArg: true,
+        stripArg: ';:{}<>&|\\/~\'"',
+        replace: '<span style="color:{0};">{1}</span>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'img',
+        text: 'Image',
+        stripText: '"\'',
+        replace: '<span title="{0}"><span title="link"><a class="markup__link" href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">{0}</a></span>&nbsp;[<a href="#" onclick="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedImage(this);return false;" class="markup__link">Embed</a>]</span>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'url',
+        stripText: '"\'',
+        replace: '<a href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="markup__link">{0}</a>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'url',
+        text: 'URL',
+        hasArg: true,
+        stripArg: '"\'',
+        replace: '<a href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="markup__link">{1}</a>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'video',
+        text: 'Video',
+        stripText: '"\'',
+        replace: '<span title="{0}"><span title="link"><a class="markup__link" href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">{0}</a></span>&nbsp;[<a href="#" onclick="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedVideo(this);return false;" class="markup__link">Embed</a>]</span>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'audio',
+        text: 'Audio',
+        stripText: '"\'',
+        replace: '<span title="{0}"><span title="link"><a class="markup__link" href="{0}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">{0}</a></span>&nbsp;[<a href="#" onclick="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedAudio(this);return false;" class="markup__link">Embed</a>]</span>',
+    },
+    {
+        tag: 'spoiler',
+        text: 'Spoiler',
+        stripText: '"\'',
+        replace: '<span data-shit="{0}"><span>*** HIDDEN ***</span>&nbsp;[<a href="#" onclick="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.ToggleSpoiler(this);return false;" class="markup__link">Reveal</a>]</span>',
+    },
+];
 
+Umi.Parsing = (function() {
     const replaceAll = function(haystack, needle, replace, ignore) {
         return haystack.replace(
             new RegExp(
@@ -362,21 +364,9 @@ Umi.Parsing = (function() {
     Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.ToggleSpoiler = toggleSpoiler;
 
     return {
-        Init: function() {
-            for (let i = 0; i < bbCodes.length; i++) {
-                const bbCode = bbCodes[i];
-                if(!bbCode.button)
-                    continue;
-
-                const start = '[{0}]'.replace('{0}', bbCode.tag + (bbCode.arg ? '=' : '')), end = '[/{0}]'.replace('{0}', bbCode.tag);
-                const text = (bbCode.tag.length > 1 ? bbCode.tag.substring(0, 1).toUpperCase() + bbCode.tag.substring(1) : bbCode.tag).replace('Color', 'Colour');
-
-                Umi.UI.Markup.Add(bbCode.tag, text, start, end);
-            }
-        },
         Parse: function(element, message) {
-            for(let i = 0; i < bbCodes.length; i++) {
-                const bbCode = bbCodes[i];
+            for(let i = 0; i < UmiBBCodes.length; i++) {
+                const bbCode = UmiBBCodes[i];
 
                 if(!bbCode.hasArg) {
                     let at = 0;
diff --git a/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-settings.jsx b/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-settings.jsx
index 4b7692c..7a67e67 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-settings.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-settings.jsx
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelSettings = function(settings, msgBox) {
                         options: undefined,
                         confirm: undefined,
                         disabled: info.immutable,
+                        trueValue: true,
+                        falseValue: false,
                     };
 
                     const detectType = () => {
@@ -151,6 +153,20 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelSettings = function(settings, msgBox) {
                             setting.options = value;
                             return pub;
                         },
+                        on: value => {
+                            if(typeof value === undefined)
+                                value = true;
+
+                            setting.trueValue = value;
+                            return pub;
+                        },
+                        off: value => {
+                            if(typeof value === undefined)
+                                value = false;
+
+                            setting.falseValue = value;
+                            return pub;
+                        },
                         confirm: value => {
                             if(!Array.isArray(value) && typeof value !== 'string' && value !== undefined)
                                 throw 'value must be an array or a string';
@@ -200,7 +216,15 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelSettings = function(settings, msgBox) {
                                 label.append(title, input);
 
                             if(setting.type === 'checkbox') {
-                                settings.watch(info.name, ev => input.checked = ev.detail.value);
+                                settings.watch(info.name, ev => input.checked = ev.detail.value !== setting.falseValue);
+
+                                const toggle = () => {
+                                    settings.set(
+                                        info.name,
+                                        settings.get(info.name) !== setting.falseValue ? setting.falseValue : setting.trueValue
+                                    );
+                                };
+
                                 input.addEventListener('change', () => {
                                     if(setting.confirm !== undefined && input.checked !== info.fallback) {
                                         msgBox.show({
@@ -208,12 +232,12 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelSettings = function(settings, msgBox) {
                                             yes: { primary: false },
                                             no: { primary: true },
                                         }).then(() => {
-                                            settings.toggle(info.name);
+                                            toggle();
                                         }).catch(() => {
                                             input.checked = info.fallback;
                                         });
                                     } else {
-                                        settings.toggle(info.name);
+                                        toggle();
                                     }
                                 });
                             } else {
diff --git a/src/mami.js/sockchat/client.js b/src/mami.js/sockchat/client.js
index 6bfb3b9..d4bbcf0 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/sockchat/client.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/sockchat/client.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include compat.js
 #include mszauth.js
-#include ui/hooks.js
 
 const MamiSockChat = function(protoWorker) {
     const events = protoWorker.eventTarget('sockchat');
@@ -23,8 +22,6 @@ const MamiSockChat = function(protoWorker) {
             client = await protoWorker.root.create('sockchat', { ping: futami.get('ping') });
             await client.setDumpPackets(dumpPackets);
 
-            Umi.UI.Hooks.SetCallbacks(client.sendMessage);
-
             MamiCompat('Umi.Server', { get: () => client, configurable: true });
             MamiCompat('Umi.Server.SendMessage', { value: text => client.sendMessage(text), configurable: true });
             MamiCompat('Umi.Protocol.SockChat.Protocol.Instance.SendMessage', { value: text => client.sendMessage(text), configurable: true });
diff --git a/src/mami.js/sockchat/handlers.js b/src/mami.js/sockchat/handlers.js
index d1484d2..6cfb060 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/sockchat/handlers.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/sockchat/handlers.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include notices/baka.jsx
 #include sockchat/modal.js
 #include ui/emotes.js
-#include ui/markup.js
 #include ui/messages.jsx
 
 const MamiSockChatHandlers = function(
@@ -103,9 +102,6 @@ const MamiSockChatHandlers = function(
 
         sbUsers.createEntry(ev.detail.user);
 
-        Umi.UI.Markup.Reset();
-        Umi.Parsing.Init();
-
         if(ctx.views.count > 1)
             ctx.views.pop();
     };
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input-main.js b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input-main.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dd0f98..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input-main.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#include utility.js
-
-Umi.UI.ChatInputMain = function() {
-    const html = $e({
-        attrs: {
-            id: 'umi-msg-container',
-            className: 'input__main',
-        },
-        child: [
-            {
-                tag: 'textarea',
-                attrs: {
-                    id: 'umi-msg-text',
-                    name: 'text',
-                    className: 'input__text',
-                    autofocus: true,
-                },
-            },
-            {
-                tag: 'button',
-                attrs: {
-                    id: 'umi-msg-send',
-                    className: 'input__button input__button--send',
-                },
-            },
-        ],
-    });
-
-    return {
-        getElement: function() {
-            return html;
-        },
-    };
-};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input-menus.js b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input-menus.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 27f8190..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input-menus.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#include utility.js
-
-Umi.UI.ChatInputMenus = function() {
-    const html = $e({
-        attrs: {
-            id: 'umi-msg-menu',
-            className: 'input__menus',
-        },
-    });
-
-    return {
-        getElement: function() {
-            return html;
-        },
-    };
-};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input.js b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b244a..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-input.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#include utility.js
-#include ui/chat-input-main.js
-#include ui/chat-input-menus.js
-
-Umi.UI.ChatInput = function() {
-    const menus = new Umi.UI.ChatInputMenus;
-    const main = new Umi.UI.ChatInputMain;
-
-    const html = $e({
-        tag: 'form',
-        attrs: {
-            id: 'umi-msg-form',
-            className: 'input',
-        },
-        child: [
-            menus,
-            main,
-        ],
-    });
-
-    return {
-        getMenus: function() {
-            return menus;
-        },
-        getMain: function() {
-            return main;
-        },
-        getElement: function() {
-            return html;
-        },
-    };
-};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-interface.js b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-interface.js
index a530938..a4606be 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-interface.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-interface.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #include utility.js
 #include ui/chat-message-list.js
-#include ui/chat-input.js
 
-Umi.UI.ChatInterface = function() {
+Umi.UI.ChatInterface = function(chatForm) {
     const messages = new Umi.UI.ChatMessageList;
-    const input = new Umi.UI.ChatInput;
 
     const html = $e({
         attrs: {
@@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ Umi.UI.ChatInterface = function() {
         },
         child: [
             messages,
-            input,
+            chatForm,
         ],
     });
 
@@ -20,9 +18,6 @@ Umi.UI.ChatInterface = function() {
         getMessageList: function() {
             return messages;
         },
-        getInput: function() {
-            return input;
-        },
         getElement: function() {
             return html;
         },
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-layout.js b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-layout.js
index 04ef9b6..c4dc51c 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-layout.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-layout.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #include utility.js
 #include ui/chat-interface.js
-#include sidebar/sidebar.jsx
 
 // this needs revising at some point but will suffice for now
-Umi.UI.ChatLayout = function(sideBar) {
-    const main = new Umi.UI.ChatInterface;
+Umi.UI.ChatLayout = function(chatForm, sideBar) {
+    const main = new Umi.UI.ChatInterface(chatForm);
 
     const html = $e({
         attrs: {
@@ -18,9 +17,6 @@ Umi.UI.ChatLayout = function(sideBar) {
     });
 
     return {
-        getSideBar: function() {
-            return sideBar;
-        },
         getInterface: function() {
             return main;
         },
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/hooks.js b/src/mami.js/ui/hooks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d9b510..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/hooks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-#include users.js
-#include utility.js
-#include ui/messages.jsx
-#include ui/view.js
-
-Umi.UI.Hooks = (function() {
-    let sendMessage;
-
-    return {
-        SetCallbacks: (sendMessageFunc) => {
-            sendMessage = sendMessageFunc;
-        },
-        AddHooks: function() {
-            const msgForm = $i('umi-msg-form');
-            const msgText = $i('umi-msg-text');
-
-            window.addEventListener('keydown', function(ev) {
-                if((ev.ctrlKey && ev.key !== 'v') || ev.altKey)
-                    return;
-
-                if(!ev.target.matches('input, textarea, select, button'))
-                    msgText.focus();
-            });
-
-            msgForm.addEventListener('submit', ev => {
-                ev.preventDefault();
-
-                if(typeof sendMessage !== 'function')
-                    return;
-
-                const textField = ev.target.elements.namedItem('text');
-                if(textField instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement) {
-                    let text = textField.value;
-                    textField.value = '';
-
-                    text = text.replace(/\t/g, '    ');
-                    if(text.length > 0)
-                        sendMessage(text);
-                }
-            });
-
-            msgText.addEventListener('keyup', function(ev) {
-                const isScrolledToBottom = Umi.UI.Messages.IsScrolledToBottom();
-
-                const elemParent = msgText.parentNode;
-                let height = 40;
-
-                if(mami.settings.get('expandTextBox') && msgText.scrollHeight > msgText.clientHeight)
-                    height = msgText.scrollHeight;
-
-                if(height > 40)
-                    elemParent.style.height = height.toString() + 'px';
-                else
-                    elemParent.style.height = null;
-
-                if(isScrolledToBottom)
-                    Umi.UI.Messages.ScrollIfNeeded();
-            });
-
-            msgText.addEventListener('keydown', function(ev) {
-                if(ev.key === 'Tab' && (!ev.shiftKey || !ev.ctrlKey)) {
-                    ev.preventDefault();
-
-                    const text = Umi.UI.View.GetText();
-                    if(text.length < 1)
-                        return;
-
-                    const start = Umi.UI.View.GetPosition();
-                    let position = start,
-                        snippet = '';
-                    while(position >= 0 && text.charAt(position - 1) !== ' ' && text.charAt(position - 1) !== "\n") {
-                        --position;
-                        snippet = text.charAt(position) + snippet;
-                    }
-
-                    let insertText = undefined;
-
-                    if(snippet.indexOf(':') === 0) {
-                        let emoteRank = 0;
-                        if(Umi.User.hasCurrentUser())
-                            emoteRank = Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.rank;
-                        const emotes = MamiEmotes.findByName(emoteRank, snippet.substring(1), true);
-                        if(emotes.length > 0)
-                            insertText = ':' + emotes[0] + ':';
-                    } else {
-                        const users = Umi.Users.Find(snippet);
-                        if(users.length === 1)
-                            insertText = users[0].name;
-                    }
-
-                    if(insertText !== undefined) {
-                        Umi.UI.View.SetText(text.slice(0, start - snippet.length) + text.slice(start));
-                        Umi.UI.View.SetPosition(start - snippet.length);
-                        Umi.UI.View.EnterAtCursor(insertText);
-                        Umi.UI.View.SetPosition(Umi.UI.View.GetPosition() + insertText.length);
-                        Umi.UI.View.SetPosition(Umi.UI.View.GetPosition(), true);
-                    }
-
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                if((ev.key === 'Enter' || ev.key === 'NumpadEnter') && ev.shiftKey === mami.settings.get('newLineOnEnter')) {
-                    ev.preventDefault();
-                    msgForm.requestSubmit();
-                    return;
-                }
-            });
-        },
-    };
-})();
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/input-menus.js b/src/mami.js/ui/input-menus.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ff4f826..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/input-menus.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-#include utility.js
-#include ui/input-menus.js
-
-Umi.UI.InputMenus = (function() {
-    const ids = [];
-
-    const createButtonId = id => `umi-msg-menu-btn-${id}`;
-    const createButton = function(id, title, onClick) {
-        return $e({
-            tag: 'button',
-            attrs: {
-                type: 'button',
-                id: createButtonId(id),
-                classList: ['input__button', 'input__button--' + id],
-                title: title,
-                onclick: onClick,
-            },
-        });
-    };
-
-    return {
-        Add: function(baseId, title, beforeButtonId) {
-            if(baseId !== 'markup')
-                throw 'only baseId "markup" may be added';
-
-            if(ids.includes(baseId))
-                return;
-            ids.push(baseId);
-
-            let beforeButton;
-            if(typeof beforeButtonId === 'string')
-                beforeButton = $i(createButtonId(beforeButtonId))
-            if(!(beforeButton instanceof Element))
-                beforeButton = $i('umi-msg-send');
-
-            if(typeof title === 'string')
-                $i('umi-msg-container').insertBefore(createButton(baseId, title), beforeButton);
-            $i('umi-msg-menu').appendChild(
-                $e({
-                    attrs: {
-                        'class': ['input__menu', 'input__menu--' + baseId, 'input__menu--active'],
-                        id: 'umi-msg-menu-sub-' + baseId,
-                        tabindex: '0',
-                    }
-                })
-            );
-        },
-        AddButton: function(baseId, title, onClick, beforeButtonId) {
-            if(ids.includes(baseId))
-                return;
-            ids.push(baseId);
-
-            let beforeButton;
-            if(typeof beforeButtonId === 'string')
-                beforeButton = $i(createButtonId(beforeButtonId))
-            if(!(beforeButton instanceof Element))
-                beforeButton = $i('umi-msg-send');
-
-            $i('umi-msg-container').insertBefore(createButton(baseId, title, onClick), beforeButton);
-        },
-        Get: function(baseId, button) {
-            const id = 'umi-msg-menu-' + (button ? 'btn' : 'sub') + '-' + baseId;
-            if(ids.indexOf(baseId) >= 0)
-                return $i(id);
-            return null;
-        },
-    };
-})();
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/markup.js b/src/mami.js/ui/markup.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e2ec9b5..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/markup.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-#include colour.js
-#include common.js
-#include utility.js
-#include colpick/picker.jsx
-#include ui/input-menus.js
-#include ui/markup.js
-#include ui/view.js
-
-Umi.UI.Markup = (function() {
-    const insertRaw = function(start, end) {
-        const selectionLength = Umi.UI.View.GetSelectionLength();
-        Umi.UI.View.EnterAtCursor(start);
-        Umi.UI.View.SetPosition(Umi.UI.View.GetPosition() + selectionLength + start.length);
-        Umi.UI.View.EnterAtCursor(end);
-        Umi.UI.View.SetPosition(Umi.UI.View.GetPosition() - selectionLength);
-        Umi.UI.View.SetPosition(Umi.UI.View.GetPosition() + selectionLength, true);
-        Umi.UI.View.Focus();
-    };
-
-    let pickerTarget = document.body;
-    let picker, pickerVisible = false;
-
-    const insert = function(ev) {
-        if(this.dataset.umiTagName === 'color') {
-            if(picker === undefined) {
-                picker = new MamiColourPicker({ presets: futami.get('colours') });
-                pickerTarget.appendChild(picker.element);
-            }
-
-            if(pickerVisible) {
-                picker.close();
-            } else {
-                pickerVisible = true;
-                picker.dialog(ev)
-                    .then(colour => insertRaw(`[color=${MamiColour.hex(colour)}]`, '[/color]'))
-                    .catch(() => {}) // noop so the console stops screaming
-                    .finally(() => pickerVisible = false);
-            }
-        } else
-            insertRaw(
-                this.dataset.umiBeforeCursor,
-                this.dataset.umiAfterCursor
-            );
-    };
-
-    return {
-        SetPickerTarget: target => { pickerTarget = target; },
-        Add: function(name, text, beforeCursor, afterCursor) {
-            Umi.UI.InputMenus.Get('markup').appendChild($e({
-                tag: 'button',
-                attrs: {
-                    type: 'button',
-                    id: 'umi-msg-menu-markup-btn-' + name,
-                    classList: ['markup__button', 'markup__button--' + name],
-                    dataset: {
-                        umiTagName: name,
-                        umiBeforeCursor: beforeCursor,
-                        umiAfterCursor: afterCursor,
-                    },
-                    onclick: insert,
-                },
-                child: text,
-            }));
-        },
-        Reset: function() {
-            Umi.UI.InputMenus.Get('markup').innerHTML = '';
-        },
-        Insert: insert,
-        InsertRaw: insertRaw,
-    };
-})();
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/messages.jsx b/src/mami.js/ui/messages.jsx
index dc94c80..af97f73 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/messages.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/ui/messages.jsx
@@ -375,9 +375,19 @@ Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
             const msgsList = $i('umi-messages');
             return msgsList.scrollTop === (msgsList.scrollHeight - msgsList.offsetHeight);
         },
-        ScrollIfNeeded: () => {
+        ScrollIfNeeded: (offsetOrForce = 0) => {
+            const msgsList = $i('umi-messages');
+            if(!(msgsList instanceof Element))
+                return;
+
+            if(typeof offsetOrForce === 'boolean' && offsetOrForce !== true)
+                return;
+
+            if(typeof offsetOrForce === 'number' && msgsList.scrollTop < (msgsList.scrollHeight - msgsList.offsetHeight - offsetOrForce))
+                return;
+
             if(mami.settings.get('autoScroll'))
-                $i('umi-messages').lastElementChild?.scrollIntoView({ inline: 'end' });
+                msgsList.lastElementChild?.scrollIntoView({ inline: 'end' });
         },
         SwitchChannel: channel => {
             if(typeof channel === 'object' && channel !== null && 'name' in channel)
@@ -385,15 +395,13 @@ Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
             if(typeof channel !== 'string')
                 return;
 
-            const isScrolledToBottom = Umi.UI.Messages.IsScrolledToBottom();
             focusChannelName = channel;
 
             const root = $i('umi-messages');
             for(const elem of root.children)
                 elem.classList.toggle('hidden', elem.dataset.channel !== undefined && elem.dataset.channel !== focusChannelName);
 
-            if(isScrolledToBottom)
-                Umi.UI.Messages.ScrollIfNeeded();
+            Umi.UI.Messages.ScrollIfNeeded();
         },
         Clear: retain => {
             if(typeof retain === 'string' && !isNaN(retain))
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/view.js b/src/mami.js/ui/view.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9dfd40b..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/view.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#include utility.js
-
-Umi.UI.View = (function() {
-    const getPosition = function(end) {
-        return $i('umi-msg-text')[end ? 'selectionEnd' : 'selectionStart'];
-    };
-    const setPosition = function(pos, end) {
-        $i('umi-msg-text')[end ? 'selectionEnd' : 'selectionStart'] = pos;
-    };
-
-    const getText = function() {
-        return $i('umi-msg-text').value;
-    };
-    const setText = function(text) {
-        $i('umi-msg-text').value = text;
-    };
-
-    return {
-        Focus: function() {
-            $i('umi-msg-text').focus();
-        },
-        SetPosition: setPosition,
-        GetPosition: getPosition,
-        GetSelectionLength: function() {
-            let length = getPosition(true) - getPosition();
-            if(length < 0)
-                length = getPosition() - getPosition(true);
-            return length;
-        },
-        EnterAtCursor: function(text, overwrite) {
-            const value = getText();
-            const current = getPosition();
-            let out = '';
-
-            out += value.slice(0, current);
-            out += text;
-            out += value.slice(current + (overwrite ? text.length : 0));
-
-            setText(out);
-            setPosition(current);
-        },
-        GetText: getText,
-        SetText: setText,
-    };
-})();
diff --git a/src/proto.js/sockchat/proto.js b/src/proto.js/sockchat/proto.js
index f7795ee..9469733 100644
--- a/src/proto.js/sockchat/proto.js
+++ b/src/proto.js/sockchat/proto.js
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ const SockChatProtocol = function(dispatch, options) {
             if(!ctx.isAuthed)
                 throw 'must be authenticated';
 
+            text = text.replace(/\t/g, '    ');
+            if(text.length < 1)
+                return;
+
             // there's actually a pretty big bug here lol
             // any unsupported command is gonna fall through to the actual channel you're in
             if(!text.startsWith('/') && ctx.pseudoChannelName !== undefined)